Croatia at the UEFA Nations League
# Croatia at the UEFA Nations League

The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The Croatia national football team contests this tournament in League A, with other major footballing nations. The team entered the Nations League's inaugural 2018–19 edition in League A, along with England and Spain in January 2018.

## Records

UEFA Nations League :

| Year | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | A | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | | 9th |
| 2020–21 | A | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | | 12th |
| 2022–23 | A | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | | 2nd |
| Total | Total | Total | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 9th | 9th |

## 2018–19 League A

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | | 2–3 | — | 6–0 |
| 3 | Croatia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | — |

* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.

## 2020–21 League A

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 16 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Croatia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sweden (R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Relegation to League B | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

## 2022–23 League A

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croatia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| 2 | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | France | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Austria (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | Relegation to League B | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## List of matches

| Edition | Round | # | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Croatia scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | 1 | Spain | 0–6 | L | Elche | — |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | 2 | England | 0–0 | D | Rijeka | — |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | 3 | Spain | 3–2 | W | Zagreb | Kramarić, Jedvaj (2) |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | 4 | England | 1–2 | L | London | Kramarić |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 5 | Portugal | 1–4 | L | Porto | Petković |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 6 | France | 2–4 | L | Saint-Denis | Lovren, Brekalo |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 7 | Sweden | 2–1 | W | Zagreb | Vlašić, Kramarić |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 8 | France | 1–2 | L | Zagreb | Vlašić |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 9 | Sweden | 1–2 | L | Solna | Danielson (o.g.) |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | 10 | Portugal | 2–3 | L | Split | Kovačić (2) |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 11 | Austria | 0–3 | L | Osijek | — |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 12 | France | 1–1 | D | Split | Kramarić |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 13 | Denmark | 1–0 | W | Copenhagen | Pašalić |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 14 | France | 1–0 | W | Saint-Denis | Modrić |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 15 | Denmark | 2–1 | W | Zagreb | Sosa, Majer |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | 16 | Austria | 3–1 | W | Vienna | Modrić, Livaja, Lovren |
| 2022–23 | Semi-finals | 17 | Netherlands | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | W | Rotterdam | Kramarić, Pašalić, Petković, Modrić |
| 2022–23 | Final | 18 | Spain | 0–0 (a.e.t.) 4–5 (p) | D | Rotterdam | — |

## Statistics

### Players with most appearances

| Rank | Player | Matches |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Luka Modrić | 16 |
| 1 | Mateo Kovačić | 16 |
| 1 | Nikola Vlašić | 16 |
| 4 | Andrej Kramarić | 15 |
| 5 | Ivan Perišić | 14 |
| 5 | Marcelo Brozović | 14 |
| 5 | Mario Pašalić | 14 |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrej Kramarić | 5 |
| 2 | Luka Modrić | 3 |
| 3 | Tin Jedvaj | 2 |
| 3 | Dejan Lovren | 2 |
| 3 | Nikola Vlašić | 2 |
| 3 | Mateo Kovačić | 2 |
| 3 | Mario Pašalić | 2 |
| 3 | Bruno Petković | 2 |
